Aloha All- This is the final reminder of an excellent job opportunity opening in our monk seal program (HMSRP). The original announcement stated the position closed on Jan. 6 but because of delays over the holidays it has been extended to Jan 15. Several people have sent queries about what the job entails...so here are some examples. Last Friday you would have responded to a young female seal that had a large circle hook in her lip and was wrapped in fishing line. You would have been successful and felt great all weekend. Next week you would be deploying Crittercams and cellphone tags to understand the foraging behavior of seals in the main Hawaiian Islands...in a few months you would be taking that information to a group of local fishermen and explaining to some of them why monk seals aren't eating all the fish. It would be tense but you would get through to at least a couple of them. The next day you would be meeting with HMSRP biologists and vets from around the world to talk about when and how to vaccinate the population in the face of a disease outbreak. This summer you would spend 3 weeks in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands translocating young female pups to new atolls to dramatically increase their likelihood of survival. In between all this you would be designing new studies, analyzing data, publishing papers, developing budgets, responding to emergencies, and more. Every day is a new challenge but it is always interesting and there are few conservation research programs out there that are more applied than the HMSRP. If you are a bright, motivated scientist, have experience handling marine mammals, turtles or other large mammals, and have some experience dealing with people and conflict t then you could be a good fit for the HMSRP. *This is a research position in the US Federal Government. You must be a US Citizen or National to apply for the position.* *For more information on the job and how to apply visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/358468200 <https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/358468200>* Cheers, Charles -- Charles Littnan, PhD. Lead Scientist, Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program NOAA Fisheries Service 1601 Kapiolani Blvd, Suite 1000 Honolulu HI, 96814 T: (808) 944-2171 -- Charles Littnan, PhD. Lead Scientist, Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program NOAA Fisheries Service 1601 Kapiolani Blvd, Suite 1000 Honolulu HI, 96814 T: (808) 944-2171